The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-16

day. at D. m. Bible class on Thursday, at p
m. Public cordially invited.
Trinity p. E. Church, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Sunday at IL a. m. and p. m. Wednesday at
pm; Friday, Bible Reading, at p. m. Luther
vile on Sunday, at 4.3O p. m.
EutaD M p Church, Hartford Road-Preachine
every Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. j. NJ. Gill, al
ii q. IN. All invited.
Sdters' Baptist Church.-Preaching every Sun
day by the pastor, Rev. w. j. Nicoll, at Saters
Baptist Church, at Ii a. M, and at PikeSvile Bap-
fist Church at p. m.
EPSON M. p Church, Iowsontown-
on Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. j. l.. Elderdice
at 1880 a. m. Prayer meetings every Sunday and
Tuesday nights, at o'clock.
"A man was in Towsontown this week look
ing for location to open a marble yard.
john Lawrence, the infant son of States
Attorney N Charles Burke, died on Tuesday last.
The next meeting of the Baltimore County
Teachers Association win be held on Friday, July
22d.
Henry Hilgarten has been appointed post
master at Sweet Air, Baltimore county, vice John
D. Weakley, resigned
The colored camp meeting In Chews WOODS,
near this place. will commence July 18th, and
continue to August 9th.
Among the pensions granted this week at
Washington was one to George Ehrhardt, of Gar
denVllle, BALTIMORE county.
Quite number of county school teachers
were in Towsontown this week, collecting their
pay for last quarters services.
Rev. Charles Nc Elfresh, pastor of the Sea-
mans Union Bethel, Baltimore, is very ill at his
residence in Waverly, Baltimore county.
The Towsontown NJ. E. Sunday school will
hold its annual picnic in Ridgely's mill woods,
Dulany's Valley turnpike, on Tuesday, July 10Th:
The case of Henry Hare and wife against
the County Commissioners of Baltimore county
has been removed to the Hartford county Circuit
Court.
-Beair is moving towards securing water
supply for the town. The well water in use there
now is not good and other means will have to be
adopted.
who was at one time connected with the Baltimore
county public schools, died at her residence, in
Baltimore, on Sunday last.
"A night officer for Towsontown receives
from the county S25 month to protect the prop
erty Of the citizens and preserve the peace. Is he
performing those duties or not
-Messrs. Jacob Shamberger and oregon IL.
Benson were the only members present at the
School Board meeting on Thursday. The Board
will meet again on Tuesday, 18th inst.
john A. Richardson, brother of Rev. Z.
Herbert Richardson, who has been clerk in the
Treasury Department at Washington for about
ten years, dismissed on Monday last.
lTs IL
liner of Baltimore county School Board, was elected
president of the State Teachers Association at
the annual meeting held at Old Point last week.
Mr.. William J. Blair, of the LIST district,
clerk in the warehouse department OF the Balti-
more Custom House, has been reelected chairman
of the local Civil Service Board for the ensuing
year.
a special train on the Maryland Central
road conveyed the remains of the late Hon. Henry
w. Archer from Belair to Baltimore, on Sunday
afternoon last. The interment was at Green
mount
Mrs Phoebe Smith, widow of the late Eli
Smith, died at her residence in Baltimore, on Sun
day last, aged 81 years. She was native OF
Baltimore county and leaves large family Of
descendants.
"A we'll known farmer along the line of the
Maryland Central railroad informs US that his
crop of wheat, which should have yielded him
500 bushels, will not turn out much more than half
that quantity.
Those who went from Towsontown to at
tend the meeting of the State Teachers Associa-
ton at the Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, last
week, returned on Sunday morning. They were
all very much delighted with the trip.
Work on Towsontown's artesian well is
progressing satisfactorily, a depth of about $50
feet having been already reached. peculiar
pink flint rock, very hard and pure, has been
struck, somewhat impeding the boring.
IL. Us
highly respected physician died at his residence,
in Baltimore, on Tuesday last, in the Goth year
of his age. He was the father of DIR. Robert j..
Henry, of Reisterstown, Baltimore county.
Mrs Mary Bennett Seemuller, wife OF Mr..
VIM. Seemuller, the wel-known Baltimore auc-
tioneer, died at her country residence, "Linden,'
Baltimore county, on Tuesday last Deceased
was a daughter of Mr.. George Howell, of Phila-
delphia.
1t looks like the project to locate ceme-
terry at Towsontown would be carried through
successfully. There can be no question about the
urgent need of one and, viewed from purely
business stand point, it must prove paying in
stitution.
Mr.. David Akehurst, who was appointed
postmaster of the new postofice at Summerville,
Baltimore county, has sent his resignation to the
Department and it is likely the office will be dis
continued unless some other person can be found
to take it.
Several weeks ago the work of boring an
artesian well at Mr.. E. W. Stiefels brewery, on
the Frederick road, was commenced, and after
reaching depth of about 25 feet the bit of the
augur was broken off and as it could not be rails
ed, operations had to be suspended.
The Baltimore newspapers have not yet
succeeded in having Jim jackson lyuched. Sup
pose they send out squad of their sweet scented
reporters to do the job. If they can lynch as
brilliantly as they can lie the work would doubt
less be done in very artistic manner.
Joe France, who has charge of the Timo-
MUM track is now handling mare that promises
to surprise somebody one of these days. 1t is
said that this week she trotted full mile in
twenty. seven and if she show that gait that
track, what might she be able to do on good one
The Democratic primaries will be held in
Baltimore county on Friday and Saturday of next
week, and they promise to be very exciting in
some of the districts where lively fights are now
Poth idaca t0 hp claim
ers and it is evident that somebody is going to be
badly disappointed.
Another anonymous scrbbler, who writes
from Monkton and signs himself "Tax- Payer,
ought to have sense enough to known that THE
UNION pays no attention to such letters, and We
have published this fact several hundred times
heretofore. If he wants his letter to appear he
must give us his name.
Mrs. Cecilia S. Ijams, mother of Mr.. George
W. Iiams, of Towsontown, died at her residence
Leicester, Howard county, on the 9th instant, IN
the 74th year of her age. She was the widow Of
the late J. P. Ijams, who was prominent citizen
of Howard, and who had been sheriff of the coun
ty and also held other offices.
The delightfully."- cool weather OF Sunday
and Monday last was followed by heat wave that
surpassed anything yet experienced this summer.
sending the mercury up among the ninetles and
making life a burden. The sudden changes from
cool to intensely hot weather are very trying, par
ticularly on those VINO are oDngeu 10 De eAposeu
to the sun.
The new perpetual lime kiln OF the Messrs
Galloway, at Texas, in which crude oil was to bt
used for fuel instead of coal, has proven failure
and has been abandoned for the present, at least
1t was expected that the kiln would turn out 300
bushels of lime per day, but its product did moi
amount to more than so bushels. The kiln cos
about $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Talbot Patterson, widow Of the
late John G.. Patterson, of Phoenix, Baltimore
county, died at the residence of Mr.. Milton Dance
Dulany's Valley, ON Tuesday last, in the 66tt
year of her age. Mrs. Patterson was daughter
of the late Col. J. Putnam Pearce, of My Lady''
Manor. Her remains were inferred at Clynmalara
Church on Thursday.
Mr. John Grason, commissioner, is now en-
gagged in Baltimore, taking testimony in the di
vorce proceedings of Col. Alex. D. Brown, o.
"BrookIandwood," against his wife, Laura Hobsor
Brown. When completed the testimony, which
will be voluminous, will be presented to the Cir
cult Court and a decision will be rendered without
the. necessity of trial in open court.
DR.. E. D. Cross, son Of Rev. Andrew B
Cross, who is widely known in Baltimore county
who resides at Red Oak, Iowa, was acquitted 8
few days ago of the killing of DR.. McKune, OF The
same place, in 1880. On the first trial DR.. Cross
was convicted of murder, but the Supreme Cour
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